NAT NESTS: MAGNOLIA BAKERY BANANA PUDDING (OH YES!)

i tell anyone who comes to visit the city 

that a trip to magnolia bakery is really, really worth it.

not for their cupcakes, no no no no no.

their cupcakes are, sadly, fairly bland.

but for their banana pudding.

holy craaaap.

but here's one better:

i know the recipe.

magnolia bakery banana pudding

ingredients

16 oz can sweetened condensed milk

1 1/2 cups cold water

small box (3.4 oz) of instant vanilla pudding mix

3 cups heavy whipping cream

one box of nilla wafers

4 bananas, sliced

instructions

1. beat sweetened condensed milk and water in a bowl (with a mixer, or by hand if you're tough) for about a minute.

2. add the pudding mix and continue beating for two more minutes.

3. cover and refrigerate for at least four hours, up to overnight.

4. in a large bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks have formed, then gently fold into chilled pudding mixture until fully combined.

5. in large bowl or dish, layer wafers, bananas, pudding . . . wafers, bananas, pudding . . . wafers, bananas, pudding. like a trifle! not like a rachel green trifle. 

(our friends the sheehans whipped up this batch, but let's just pretend it was me. ;)

(it's good on day one, it's killer on day two. by day three, it is straight up heaven.)

hope you're having a fantastic tuesday!